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Hyronymus · Feb 15, 2007

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Last update: March 16th, 2007

Turn-playing
[DG2] Preliminary Turnchat Poll (10 voters)

Should we have Turnchats?

Yes: 9 votes
No: 0 votes
Abstain: 1 vote

[DG2] Preliminary Turnchat Poll (version 1.1) (13 voters)

Should we have Turnchats?

Yes, Mandatory: 5 votes
Yes, Optional: 7 votes
Yes, Abstain: 0 votes
No: 1 vote
Abstain 0 votes

[DG2] Offline Sessions (12 voters)

Multiple choice poll
Option I: All play sessions on/off-line (Note: This option is overruled by Options II and III and is just for statistics)

All play sessions must be on-line: 2 votes
All play sessions must be off-line: 4 votes

Option II: Special circumstances

Special Circumstances - w/ Citizen approval: 9 votes
Special Circumstances - w/o Citizen approval: 7 votes

Option III: DP Discretion

At DP discretion - w/ Citizen approval: 8 votes
At DP discretion - w/o Citizen approval: 7 votes

Option IV: No opinion

Abstain: 0 votes

[DG2] - Offline sessions at DP discretion (8 voters)

Should citizen approval be required for offline sessions at the DP's discretion?

Yes, citizen approval should be required: 6 votes
No, citizen approval should not be required: 2 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

[DG2] - Offline sessions for "special circumstances" (8 voters)

Should citizen approval be required for offline sessions for special circumstances?

Yes, citizen approval should be required: 2 votes
No, citizen approval should not be required: 6 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

Constitution & Government
Start Game, or Work on Rules? (24 voters)

What do you want to focus on first?

Start the Game: 17 votes
Work on the Rules: 7 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

"Build as you go" initial poll (27 voters)

How do you want to start out our Government

Just a DP's and/or President: 12 votes
Some/All Ministers/Leaders: 12 votes
Abstain: 3 votes

[DG2] Nominations and Elections Poll (16 voters)

Multiple choice poll
Part I: How should term lengths be determined?

Term lengths by days/weeks/months: 13 votes
Term lengths by in-game turns: 1 vote
Exact Term Length - 1 month: 13 votes
Exact Term Length - 5 weeks: 1 vote
Exact Term Length - X turns: 1 vote
Other (please write in post): 1 vote

Part II: How long should terms be?

Nom/Election Period - 3 days apiece (starting 7 and 4 days before end of term, respectively): 14 votes
Nom/Election Period - X turns, starting X and X turns before end of term, respectively): 1 vote
Other (please write in post): 0 votes

Part III.a: Can a person accept only 1 nomination?

1 Nomination per Player - Yes: 12 votes
1 Nomination per Player - No: 4 votes

Part III.b: If no, how many? (Note: Part III.a favoured Yes, this poll result is just for the statistics)

If no, how many? - Two: 4 votes
If no, how many? - Any Number: 2 votes
If no, how many? - Other (please write in post): 0 votes

Part IV.a: Should there be a "term cap" (where a person cannot serve more than a certain number of terms consecutively in the same office)?

Consecutive Term Cap - Yes: 11 votes
Consecutive Term Cap - No: 5 votes

Part IV.b: If yes, how many terms (maximum) can they serve consecutively?

If yes - 1 Term Maximum: 0 votes
If yes - 2 Terms Maximum: 8 votes
If yes - 3 Terms Maximum: 4 votes
If yes - Other (please write in): 0 votes

Part V: Who is in charge of posting nominations/elections?

Election Responsibility - Moderators: 3 votes
Election Responsibility - President: 3 votes
Election Responsibility - Person elected at start of game: 1 vote
Election Responsibility - Person elected at start of term: 8 votes
Election Responsibility - Other (please write in post): 2 votes

[DG2] Offices Poll (15 voters)

Multiple choice poll
Part I.a: Should we have deputies?

Deputies - Yes: 14 votes
Deputies - No: 1 vote

Part I.b: If you voted yes, how do we determine them?

If Yes to Deputies - Runner-up in election: 4 votes
If Yes to Deputies - Appointed by Official-elect: 9 votes

Part II: Who plays the save?

President plays the save: 5 votes
Designated Player Pool plays the save: 7 votes
Chain of Command plays the save: 4 votes
Other (explain in post): 1 post

Part III: What officials should we have?

Officials - President, Domestic, Trade & Foreign, Military, Technology, Religion & Civic: 9 votes
President, Explor. & Settlmnt.,Foreign Affrs. & Trade,Sci. & Infrastruct.,Culture & Rel.,Mil.: 1 vote
Officials - President, Domestic, Military, Infrastructural: 3 votes
Officials - Other (explain in post): 2 votes

Part IV: How should the Judiciary be organized?

Judiciary - 1 Chief Justice: 7 votes
Judiciary - 3 Justices (Chief Justice, Judge Advocate, Public Defender): 8 votes
Justices - Other (explain in post): 0 votes

Part V.a: Should a Governor be in charge of all cities in our civilization?

Governors in Charge of All Cities - Yes: 2 votes
Governors in Charge of All Cities - No: 12 votes

Part V.b: If not, how many cities per Governor?

If No to Governors [...] - 5 Cities Maximum: 5 votes
If No to Governors [...] - An individual number for each Governor (voted upon by the citizens): 7 votes
If No to Governors [...] - Other (explain in post)3 votes

Ratification of a DG2 Constitution (42 voters)

Do you Ratify the attached Constitution?

Yes: 32 votes
No: 8 votes
Abstain: 2 votes

Initiative - Determining our Government (43 voters)

Which proposal do you support for our Government?

Parliamentary Government: 8 votes
Tribal Government: 23 votes
Traditional Government: 8 vites
Other: 0 votes
Abstain: 4 votes

How should we invalidate forum polls? (31 voters)

How should we invalidate forum polls?

Use a person or committe to invalidate polls: 23 votes
Use an internal poll mechanism such as a none of the above option: 13 votes
None of the above: 3 votes
Abstain: 3 votes

Binding Plurality Poll Act (26 voters)

Shall the Binding Plurality Poll Act be enacted?

Yes: 19 votes
No: 7 votes

Citizenry & Citizen Initiatives
Roll Call (39 voters)

Roll Call - Are you a Civ4 DG Citizen?

Lurker - I'm just a reader: 4 votes
Voter - I read and would vote if there were polls: 8 vots
Poster - I read and would vote, but I also post a couple times a week: 18 votes
Regular - I check in on the DG forums regularly posting in many different threads: 9 votes

What map script will we use? (continued) (31 voters)

What map script should we use? (continued)

Continents: 26 votes
Custom Continents: 5 votes
Neither: 0 votes

Citizen's Initiative - The Playing the Save Act of 4000 BC (34 voters)

Do you approve of this initiative

Yes: 23 votes
No: 6 votes
Abstain: 5 votes

Citizen's Initiative - The Election Act of 4000 BC (35 voters)

Do you approve of this initiative?

Yes: 30 votes
No: 1 votes
Abstain: 4 votes

Citizen's Initiative - The Tribal Government Act of 4000 BC (35 voters)

Do you approve of this initiative?

Yes: 25 votes
No: 5 votes
Abstain: 5 votes

Gameplay variables
How shall we choose what civ to play (37 voters)

How should we choose what civ to play?

Select one: 12 votes
Make a short list, then random choice: 13 votes
Fully random (no short list): 12 vots
Other (please specify): 0 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

How shall we choose which civ to play? Part two (37 voters)

How shall we chose which civ to play?

Use the in-game randomizer: 24 votes
Don't use the in-game randomizer: 13 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

How should we choose opponents? (31 voters)

How should we choose our opponents?

Select them: 0 votes
Make a short list, then random choice: 5 vots
Fully random (no short list): 26 votes
Other (please specify): 0 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

Warlords or Vanilla [Binding poll(Hopefully)] (44 voters)

Should we play the demogame using Vanilla Civilisation IV or the Warlords Expansion?

Vanilla: 27 votes
Warlords: 14 votes
Abstain: 3 votes

What climate will we play? (39 voters)

What climate will we play with?

Temperate: 20 votes
Arid: 0 votes
Tropical: 5 votes
Random: 14 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

What will the sea level be? (38 voters)

What will the sea level be?

Low (more land): 7 votes
Medium (average land): 18 votes
High (less land): 6 votes
Random: 7 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

What speed will we play? (38 voters)

What speed will we play?

Normal: 33 votes
Quick: 3 votes
Abstain: 2 votes

How many opponents will we have? (37 voters)

How many opponents will we have?

Normal for map size: 30 votes
Different than normal (to be determined later): 7 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

Which world size will we use? (40 voters)

Which world size will we use?

Large: 7 votes
Standard: 31 votes
Small: 2 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

What difficulty will we play? (42 voters)

What difficulty will we play?

Noble: 11 votes
Prince: 22 votes
Monarch: 8 votes
Abstain: 1 vote

Which map script type will we use? (39 voters)

Which map script type will we use?

Continents: 16 votes
Pangaea: 5 votes
Fractal: 8 votes
Terra: 6 votes
Shuffle: 4 votes
Abstain: 0 votes

HoF MOD (43 voters)

Should we use this Hall of Fame Mod?

Yes: 16 votes
No: 20 votes
Abstain: 7 votes

What kind of barbarians should we have? (33 voters)

What kind of barbarians should we have?

Raging: 7 votes
Normal: 26 votes
None at all: 0 votes

The Status of Abstain (34 voters)

Should 'abstain' votes be counted

Abstain votes should be counted: 10 votes
Abstain votes should not be counted: 21 votes
Abstain: 3 votes

Name-giving

Capital name (32 voters)

What should we name our Capital?

Manu Ali: 9 votes
Xanadu: 10 votes
Alphhot: 3 votes
Yakville: 2 votes
None of the above: 8 votes

Nation Name Poll (34 voters)

Nation name

Viroviana: 5 votes
Nonapolyton: 3 votes
Yasutan: 12 votes
None of the Above: 14 votes

Technology research
Techs (27 voters)

Which tech?

Agriculture: 13 votes
Mysticism: 6 votes
Mining: 4 votes
Fishing: 0 votes
Other: 1 vote
Abstain: 3 votes

What do you want to research after agriculture? (27 voters)

What do you want to research after agriculture?

Fishing: 0 votes
Pottery: 1 vote
Animal Husbandry: 7 votes
Archery: 1 vote
Mysticism: 5 votes
Mining: 13 votes
Other: 0 votes
Abstain: 3 votes

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